Is the iPod the Greatest Gadget of All Time?

The iPod was recently voted the greatest gadget of all time at the 2007 T3 Gadget Awards prompting me to wonder: Is it really that great? Sure we've started integrating them into our clothes and even powering them via our bikinis, but is the device really the most impressive and innovative gadget of all time? Doesn't the widespread use of the personal computer warrant more of a fuss? In case you're wondering, the Apple iPhone was voted the "Most Anticipated Gadget of 2007" and the BlackBerry was voted the "Most Addictive Gadget of 2007." Do you think the iPod measures up?

Is a computer still a gadget? I think gadget implies it's a smaller than a computer... The portable mp3 player was definitely revolutionary. I think where the iPod comes out on top is before it there wasn't anything like it. 6 months before the release of the first iPod I bought a 256MB Rio mp3 player. It cost me $299. There were other bigger mp3 players out but I chose the Rio for its portable size. I think there was a 10GB player out but it was HUGE and had a full sized 3.5" hard drive in it! So the release of the 5GB iPod with a screen and it didn't skip when you ran with it was such a leap in the technology at the time. I think it isn't a bad choice for the award. I however would pick Cell Phone as the best gadget. I can go a day without my iPod but my cell phone is a much more necessary item in my life. I would go so far as to say the iPhone should take the top honor. Until it is available on various service providers it probably won't get the votes.

Is a computer still a gadget? I think gadget implies it's a smaller than a computer... The portable mp3 player was definitely revolutionary. I think where the iPod comes out on top is before it there wasn't anything like it.
6 months before the release of the first iPod I bought a 256MB Rio mp3 player. It cost me $299. There were other bigger mp3 players out but I chose the Rio for its portable size. I think there was a 10GB player out but it was HUGE and had a full sized 3.5" hard drive in it! So the release of the 5GB iPod with a screen and it didn't skip when you ran with it was such a leap in the technology at the time. I think it isn't a bad choice for the award. I however would pick Cell Phone as the best gadget. I can go a day without my iPod but my cell phone is a much more necessary item in my life. I would go so far as to say the iPhone should take the top honor. Until it is available on various service providers it probably won't get the votes.

I think it is, to me. I listen to music every day at work, and to whoever said about listening to your own thoughts - I do, but I listen to music at work to avoid listening to 60+ other people's thoughts ;)

I think it is, to me. I listen to music every day at work, and to whoever said about listening to your own thoughts - I do, but I listen to music at work to avoid listening to 60+ other people's thoughts ;)

I believe that computers are the greatest gadget. I think number two would be more in the way of cell phones. Then maybe MP3 players. But in my opinion video game consoles,cell phones, and laptops trump my MP3 player. I would save those three things before my MP3 player out of a burning house.

ipod.. they are pretty awesome.. i dunno about BEST.. but let me tell you mine has saved me many many times at the gym! i mean i have a mp3 phone, but i would much rather use an ipod so the phone doesn't die.. n i have a connecter in my car.. which has also saved my on long trips when those good old cd's run out!... soo like i said maybe not the BEST ever.. but its pretty damn good! :love:

Absolutely not--they just have the best advertising and fan base! iPods were not the first MP3 players and some would argue not even the best. There are cheaper, better looking MP3 players out there, and they have more/better features, too! Of course, it's not cool it's not iCool. I never understood the popularity of the ugly, white, plain, not-even-in-color older generation of iPods. Then they got cute, but I still think there are much better looking, better performing ones out there. With that said, I have a shuffle, a nano, a video, and an iPhone. :)

Absolutely not--they just have the best advertising and fan base! iPods were not the first MP3 players and some would argue not even the best. There are cheaper, better looking MP3 players out there, and they have more/better features, too! Of course, it's not cool it's not iCool. I never understood the popularity of the ugly, white, plain, not-even-in-color older generation of iPods. Then they got cute, but I still think there are much better looking, better performing ones out there.
With that said, I have a shuffle, a nano, a video, and an iPhone. :)

when all of you ipod lovers have hearing damage in ten years and are wearing hearing aids - let me know if you still think it's the greatest gadget of all time. Whatever happened to walking around and just listening to your own thoughts? Why does it always have to be music music music?

when all of you ipod lovers have hearing damage in ten years and are wearing hearing aids - let me know if you still think it's the greatest gadget of all time.
Whatever happened to walking around and just listening to your own thoughts? Why does it always have to be music music music?